Dear Elder,
Hi! Happy preparation day! I hope it is going well and that you are able to do your laundry, etc. You said you thought you saw Dad at the temple the other day, but it wasn't him. If that ever does really happen (What are the chances?), I guess we'll just smile an wave. And cry a lot of happy tears.
Yesterday ended up being a pretty good day. BTW, it sure has turned cold, hasn't it? Last night Dad said that Grandpa and Grandma must have taken the warmth with them when they returned back home.
I sure have lots to do, and it is hard to get anything done, but I will be positive and tell you what I did do yesterday, and not what I neglected. I drove in to the kid;s work 3 times (that's about 60 miles!), I got all the laundry put away, I got your package sent off (Did you get it??) I washed all Grandma's laundry, I went on a walk with Dad, I turned in my girl's camp receipts, and got the girls camp stuff cleaned out of my room. Pretty boring stuff, but it's good to have it all done. We were supposed to go to the dentist, but he was kind enough to let us cancel. I didn't reschedule till the middle of September so that work won't mess us up any more.
Dad had another crazy busy day yesterday. He drives up the canyon for half the day, then drives back here and works the other half at the blue and brown house. He doesn't even have any time to eat lunch except in the car. It wears him out, but he was also able to help me with Grandma's laundry, eat dinner with the fam, and get the rear view mirror back on the pick up so that Miriam can drive it. He is an amazing guy!
Cassandra Skyped us yesterday! Only Thomas and I were home, but we had lots of fun talking to Lily. The poor little girl had a low temperature, probably because she got shots on Monday. It was kind of good, though, because instead of squirming to get off Cassandra's lap, she just sat and visited with us. I played "peekaboo" with her, and Thomas made faces at her. We even got her to smile. She is so cute, even when she's sick! Cassandra says Emerson is working less right now. I'm glad he's getting a break. Last night I dreamed that I got to see Lily and play with her. I remember thinking about how long I had dreamed of holding her, and that I was finally able to do it. Now that I'm awake, I realized that it is still a dream. A happy one, though!
I haven't heard from Jon since we last Skyped, but I emailed him a question yesterday, so I hope to hear from him, soon. I google mapped the place he's in. It is a tiny town with lots of houses, and no businesses to speak of. The houses and lawns are well-kept. That's all I could see from the satellite picture except that it looks like none of the men in the whole town wear shirts.
Boy would Thomas enjoy living in that town! I have such a hard time keeping a shirt on that boy! He wants the whole world to see his muscles. Sigh. He got a really bad sunburn at the water park on Monday even though he wore sunscreen. I told him, see, modesty is protection, physical as well as spiritual. I don't have him wear shirts while swimming, of course, but hopefully it made him want to wear his shirt while he's not swimming.
The kids worked at Seven Peaks yesterday, of course. Miriam also got to go to the mall to buy jeans while Dad and I went in to Wash Hut to wash Grandma's clothes. Thomas was working, and Katrina stayed home and made dinner which was soup and rolls. It was delicious! Grandma ate dinner with us and then watched "Captain America" with the kids on the computer in the kitchen. When I tucked her in for the night, she had a smile on her face.
I just dropped Thomas and Katrina off at the church to go do baptisms for the dead at the temple. I am so proud of them for being worthy and willing to serve the Lord and His children this way. Last night, Katrina told me all the reasons she thought she couldn't go. I asked her if she would pray about it and she said yes. I told her that if that was the case, I wouldn't bug her about it anymore, and she could choose for herself. Well, she chose to go! Thomas willingly went, although when I told him this morning that it was time to wake up, he said he had forgotten how.
The goals for today are to go grocery shopping, Walmart shopping, do finances, laundry, yard work, and teach Miriam more about driving a stick. I also have to go get a background check at the school district office today at 11:00 in order to continue substitute teaching. Of course, I will also be driving in to the water park 2 or 3 times for the kids' work, and taking care of Grandma. Nope, I don't figure we'll get it all done today, but whatever we don't do today, will all be here to do tomorrow.
I hope we can get everything done by Thursday, though, because Dad has Friday off, and he needs a break! I was trying to arrange to have the nurses come over extra to take care of Grandma so that Dad and I could go on an over nighter on Friday, but we realized that we won't be able to because of the kids' work schedule. I still hope to do that later!
Welp, that's it. I love you, very much, Matt. I love writing you letters and sending you packages. Most of all, I love hearing from you and about everything you are learning, doing and becoming! Thanks for all the letters and emails! Have the very best of days.
Love,
Mom
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